Answer the Question with a Question (6)

[bbbbbbb]

When was that?

 

[lucypevensie]

Aren’t they in December?

 

[bbbbbbb]

Isn't the winter solstice also in December?

 

[lucypevensie]

What does that mean?

 

[bbbbbbb]

Doesn't the winter solstice mean the shortest amount of daylight in the year for the northern hemisphere?

 

[Philip_B]

Doesn't the winter solstice mean the shortest amount of daylight in the year for the northern hemisphere?

or perhaps the longest night!?

 

[lucypevensie]

Just how long are we talking about?

 

[bbbbbbb]

Isn't a day, or night, twenty-four hours long?

 

[lucypevensie]

How much daylight will there be on December 21?

 

[bbbbbbb]

Would that be on the north or the south pole?

 

[lucypevensie]

How about both?

 

[bbbbbbb]

Why not?

 

[Philip_B]

Are they close to each other?

 

[bbbbbbb]

Is east close to west?

 

[Chesterton]

Why doesn't Earth have an East Pole and a West Pole?

 

[bbbbbbb]

Have you not discovered the Internatonal Date Line?

 

[lucypevensie]

How does that work?

 

[bbbbbbb]

Would you like to read this? International Date Line (IDL) (timeanddate.com)

 

[Philip_B]

Does that mean it is not even a line?

 

[bbbbbbb]

What's wrong with just a date change?